All History articles – Page 39
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Opinion20 years ago: degrading spacesuits
The National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC, US, has discovered that its reference collection of spacesuits is deteriorating rapidly
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FeatureThe golden helix
The discovery of the importance and structure DNA was more than just Crick and Watson’s eureka moment. Mike Sutton untangles the tale of life’s molecular mysteries
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Opinion20 years ago - Investigating crizzling
Studying decay in glass exhibits at the Victoria & Albert museum in London
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OpinionRunning on sun
On the centenary of Giacomo Ciamician’s prediction of a solar-fuelled future, international experts discuss artificial photosynthesis
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OpinionFlashback: 1987 – Refuseniks
Scientists who applied to emigrate from the Soviet Union were refused exit visas and demoted
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Opinion
Flashback: 1977 – 100 years of the Royal Institute of Chemistry
The Royal Institute of Chemistry celebrated its centenary with a luncheon and a reception at the science museum
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OpinionCan chemistry get a podium place?
The Olympic site in London has a deep chemical heritage, and it should be built upon
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Opinion
Flashback: 1982 – chemical Olympiads
The RSC suggested the idea of chemical Olympiads to be organised by RSC local sections
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FeatureTuring patterns
Code-cracker Alan Turing’s impact on chemistry is still being realised today, a century after his birth. Philip Ball investigates
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OpinionTuring’s machine
Alan Turing, perhaps not often remembered as a chemist, provided the starting point for computational chemistry
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